Value peace

Chapter 32 Longevity Troupe ([-])

When the button came out, it was with tears in my eyes.

She is not the youngest in the Changsheng class, there are a few months and years younger than her, but she is the most pleasing to everyone, with fair skin, big eyes, and pointed chin, she looks smart and intelligent She has a very lively personality, is very attentive in learning things, respects and loves her brothers and sisters, and everyone likes her very much.Seeing her heartbroken look, everyone gathered around and asked her "what's the matter" with concern.

Kou'er showed a forced smile: "No, it's nothing. I was told by the master." After speaking, he ran away like flying.

Qiongxiu hurriedly pushed Qin Yu beside her: "Go and see, what's wrong with her?"

Qin Yu raised his foot and walked towards Aunt Qin's house.

She entered Aunt Qin's room, and saw Aunt Qin sitting helplessly at the table playing with the cup in front of her, and Mr. Huang standing in the middle of the room with his hands behind his back with a serious face.

Seeing Qin Yu coming in, Mr. Huang nodded gently towards Qin Yu, Aunt Qin smiled and said, "What's the matter?"

Qin Yu asked seriously: "Is there any way to save Kou'er?"

Aunt Qin and Mr. Huang exchanged glances, Aunt Qin shook her head and said, "I can't take care of her alone!"

Qin Yu asked: "That Mr. Wu should be more than just a composer!"

Mr. Huang glanced at Qin Yu approvingly, and said, "That's right. That Mr. Wu's name is Wu Qiwei, and he is a disciple of the Wu family in Huzhou. Writing music is just his hobby. He is actually the steward of the Wu family in Shengjing. The shopkeeper of the twelve grain stores in Shengjing."

Qin Yu wondered, "How can you be such a big shopkeeper with such a narrow mind?"

Aunt Qin smiled wryly: "Narrow-minded or not, it varies from person to person. Like us, we are the meat on the board, so why talk about demeanor!"

Mr. Huang also sighed with emotion.

Qin Yu did not give up: "Even if it is the prime minister of Zhongshu Province, the emperor is still in charge, and there is always a way. Mr. Huang, you have seen a lot, give us an idea."

Mr. Huang shook his head.

Qin Yu didn't wait for him to speak, and said a little aggressively: "Since you have offended me, I gave you a buckle today, and said you don't want Qiongxiu tomorrow. It is not easy for the Longevity Class to gain a foothold from Jiangnan to Shengjing. If you lose your position from the very beginning, Even if he establishes a foothold in Shengjing in the future, he will be a soft persimmon in the eyes of others..."

Before Qin Yu could say anything, Aunt Qin's expression changed drastically, and she hurriedly interrupted Qin Yu's words: "Mr. Huang, what Qin Yu said makes sense. Let me calm down now, he probably wants more than a button!"

Mr. Huang let out a puzzled "Oh".

Aunt Qin said: "Although he said that he wanted me to give him Kou'er's deed of sale, he didn't explicitly promise to say hello to Wanxiulou. Instead, he asked Mr. if you were still in Jiangnan. I was flustered at the time. , I can't remember now, I don't know how I answered him at that time..."

After hearing this, Mr. Huang smiled wryly and said, "Forget it, no matter how you answer, since he is interested, he will always find out here."

Aunt Qin discussed Mr. Huang: "Look, the matter of Kouer..."

Mr. Huang showed a strange smile, looking at his hands: "If my hands can still be used, why bother to let you..."

Aunt Qin hurriedly interrupted Mr. Huang: "Sir, don't say that. It's my blessing, Qin Qing, to serve you. Sir, don't say that..."

Qin Yu didn't care about these messy things, she said stubbornly: "Aunt Qin, Mr. Huang, can you wait a few days before sending Kouer over. I'll figure out a way!"

Aunt Qin's eyes lit up, but then darkened again: "Girl, distant water can't save near fire. You can help us for a while, but you can't help us forever."

Qin Yu begged: "Auntie, just give me three days. If it doesn't work, I won't force it!"

Aunt Qin was still hesitant, but Mr. Huang smiled and said, "You just give her a few days, and you can't generalize it at any time. Maybe Miss Yu really has a way!"

After Qin Yu came out of Aunt Qin's room, she went straight into her own room.

Early the next morning, Qin Yu ran to Aunt Qin's room with a stack of paper and dark circles under her eyes. After a while, the apprentices who were practicing in the yard heard her always prudent master shout loudly: "Mr. Huang, Mr. Huang, come and take a look!"

Everyone gathered together to whisper again.

Aunt Qin's room could not help laughing from time to time.

When it was almost time for lunch, Aunt Qin came out of the house with a smile on her face, and called Li Yingsheng: "Yingsheng, you go out with the master."

Li Yingsheng looked at the kitchen where the smoke was rising, "Master, let's go after lunch!"

Aunt Qin ignored him and walked straight towards the yard. Li Yingsheng sighed regretfully and followed Aunt Qin out the door.

In Aunt Qin's room, Qin Yuzheng was talking to Mr. Huang: "I don't think Wanxiu Tower should be expected too much. Although they are the largest theater in Shengjing, they have always cooperated well with Mr. Wu, and it is impossible to change their mind immediately because of a funny show." .Usually this kind of powerful and long-running enterprises, um, merchants, strive for steady progress. Although this drama is funny, it does not fit the business atmosphere of Wanxiu Building. They have always been singing big dramas Lord..."

Mr. Huang was obviously not interested in Qin Yu's remarks, flipped through the stack of papers in his hand, and said with a smile: "How did you come up with, 'A man can't say it if he can't say it', I laughed so hard! "

Qin Yu frowned and stopped the topic.

Mr. Huang's gaze still lingered on the stack of papers, and he said, "Can you write a few more funny plays like this, it's interesting."

Qin Yu secretly sighed, and said, "Then I'll think about it when I go back to my room."

Mr. Huang couldn't wait to say: "Okay, okay, okay, you go back to the room and think about it."

Qin Yu went out, and Kou'er was waiting for her eagerly at the door of the house: "Sister Yu, Qionghua said that you stayed up all night last night and were trying to figure out a way for me, then you, have you thought of a way... I don't want to leave Longevity Class, I don’t want to leave Sister Yu, Qionghua, and Qiongxiu, and I don’t want to leave Master..."

Qin Yu patted her on the head and said, "Don't worry, we will all find a way!"

When she entered the room, she saw a steaming bowl of sweet potato porridge on the only small table with red lacquer in the room. Qionghua said shyly from the side: "I'm blunt, so I can't help you. I made some for you." A bowl of porridge, do you think it tastes good or not?"

Qin Yu, Qionghua and two other girls slept in the same room. Last night she was scribbling under the lamp while Qionghua was serving her tea and water. Red, long-lost tears fell down.

Qionghua looked at it, panicked, and hurriedly said: "You, what's wrong with you, did I do something wrong?"

Qin Yu wiped his tears with a smile, and said, "No, no. It's because I haven't had sweet potato porridge for a long time..."

None of the men and women in the Longevity class who were sold in had a tear of bitterness, but it was not time to shed it.Qionghua thought of her own experience, smiled understandingly, and said, "Don't think about anything, we are destined to live in the same house, that is the sister, you, you can drink porridge!"

In the evening, Aunt Qin returned with no success: "...Mr. Min also said it was interesting, but he just refused to ask us to give it a try... I also tried it at the Daxin Theater, and Mr. Liu also thought it was good, but I said I took someone to audition for him for a day, but he hesitated and declined..."

Mr. Huang pondered: "I think you should discuss this matter with Qin Yu, she is a material for doing things."

Aunt Qin was startled, and whispered something in Mr. Huang's ear.

Mr. Huang said with a smile: "What's so terrible about this? If it's what you said, he is a kind and righteous person. Our theater troupe often walks on the rivers and lakes. How can we do it without a backer? This is a ready-made gold ingot. I don't know how to choose."

Aunt Qin smiled wryly: "I'm afraid that the Gu family will sue us for kidnapping their girl? I haven't heard any rumors from outside..."

Mr. Huang said: "You still can't see it. Since she can take away everyone around her and prevent one person from taking the responsibility, then she is not a simple master. You just pretend to be deaf and dumb. This kind of affection, she You will have to pay it back sooner or later, no, I will help you solve the big problem now... Tomorrow I will try her words for you and see if you can write a new play. About to arrive……"

Aunt Qin still looked very worried: "I hope so..."

Mr. Huang comforted her: "How can there be high returns without high risks!"

In just two days, Qin Yu's status in the Longevity Class has suddenly risen.

Aunt Qin took her out to discuss business, and Li Yingsheng came back and said with admiration: "...it's amazing. She led Auntie to squat in the east and west markets for a long time, and went in to find a teahouse to talk to the boss. What kind of venue fee, what kind of income sharing, what free gift of a play... I calculated it clearly with others, and it was faster and clearer than the calculation of the palm frame..."

Here, Mr. Huang is leading the rehearsal.

The play is very simple, it is a story about a husband who is afraid of his wife who is suspicious of his wife after singing Huajiu outside.It's just one scene, but the lines are very funny, and the actors couldn't keep up with their laughter several times...

Qin Yu discussed with Aunt Qin: "Girls, don't go singing, there are mixed fish and dragons there, no better than Wanxiu Tower, so as not to cause any trouble..."

Aunt Qin has completely listened to her now, so she naturally agreed.

The Yiwen Teahouse in Dongshi can only be regarded as a middle-to-low-end teahouse in Shengjing. Come here to sing operas. Those who really love operas will not come here. Those who come here are those who want to drink tea.

Today's Yiwen Tea House is a bit different from usual. There is loud laughter inside. For an hour, there are only people who go in but no one who comes out. From time to time, "jingling" coins are thrown on the stage.When the farce on the stage was over, people were still standing there talking and laughing, unwilling to leave.

With a full face of excitement, Kou'er picked up the copper coins on the stage into a lacquered wooden plate, ran to the backstage and showed it to Aunt Qin: "Master, master, look, the plate is full."

Aunt Qin just smiled lightly when she saw her, and asked Qin Yu beside her, "How do you think about what Mr. Huang told you?"

Qin Yu said with a smile: "Writing a new play is not without improvement, but I don't know how to sing. There is something wrong with the libretto."

Aunt Qin smiled and said nothing more.

A total of seven people went to the longevity class that day, and everyone was very excited, and felt like singing an excerpt on the first day in Wanxiu Tower.When they left, the shopkeeper of Yiwen Teahouse personally escorted them out of the teahouse. In the evening, the owner of Yiwen Teahouse visited Aunt Qin in the Longevity Class and signed a future cooperation contract.

When signing the contract, Qin Yu kowtowed to Mr. Huang to offer tea, because from today, Mr. Huang will teach Qin Yu to play the huqin.

(End of this chapter)